I didnt do nothing

exp.

Heard in Kerry

The standard answer if you accuse someone of doing something.

In use

Garda: "Lads do ye know anything about a car down the yard?" Tim: "We didnt break no windscreen anyway"

Posh English

Do you gentlemen happen to possess any knowledge concerning a motor vehicle situated down by the courtyard?

  • Ah nothing muchA characteristically Wexford response indicating that one has no noteworthy news or…
  • Nothing between the earsA person of little intelligence; a fool.
  • Doing a lineTo be going out romantically with someone. Usually 'doing a line with someone'.
  • Doing ninetyMoving at a very high speed or rushing somewhere urgently.
  • Doing the dog on itTo overdo something to excess. To take matters too far.
  • Arse-boxinLazing about, idling. Also: Doing nothing, idling.